Before 18-year-old Alyce Stevens Rohrer had learned to drive, she knew how to fly. This made her perfect to serve in the Women Airforce Service Pilots during the World War II era. Better known as WASP, this paramilitary aviation organization was formed to free male pilots for combat roles, thus employing qualified female pilots to ferry aircraft

“The U.S. military is not prepared to care for women warriors returning from combat,” a female veteran shared with me during one of my classes.
This bright 26-year-old young woman served in Afghanistan and is now pursuing her bachelor’s degree hoping to eventually study law. She has been having some issues stemming from her time in the military

Last week, Janet Yellen, the nominee to replace Ben Bernanke as chair of the Federal Reserve, highlighted the rising trend of income inequality and the threat it poses to the economy during her Senate confirmation hearing.

“The very word ‘peace’ has become negatively charged for many people,” observed Rabbi Amy Eilberg at a recent public lecture at Hamline University that brought together a rabbi and a qadi -- an Islamic judge -- from Israel to highlight peacemaking efforts on the part of religious leaders in Israel.